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package org.agrona.concurrent;

/**
 * Retrieves the number of milliseconds since 1 Jan 1970 UTC.
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface EpochClock
{
    /**
     * Time in milliseconds since 1 Jan 1970 UTC.
     *
     * @return the number of milliseconds since 1 Jan 1970 UTC.
     * @see System#currentTimeMillis()
     */
    long time();
}
